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Researchers Calculate How Much Pompeii's "Blue Space" Really Cost

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Researchers investigated the colour in Pompeii's "Blue Room" – and calculated how much money the owners spent on the precious blue alone: a fortuneThe ancient Pompeii was colorful: colourful frescoes, statues and mosaics decorated the houses of the rich. Those who could afford it had walls painted on a large scale – with artistic ornaments, mythological scenes, lush landscapes in rich green, deep red, yellow, black, white. Rarely, on the other h…
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Researchers investigated the colour in Pompeii's "Blue Room" – and calculated how much money the owners spent on the precious blue alone: a fortuneThe ancient Pompeii was colorful: colourful frescoes, statues and mosaics decorated the houses of the rich. Those who could afford it had walls painted on a large scale – with artistic ornaments, mythological scenes, lush landscapes in rich green, deep red, yellow, black, white. Rarely, on the other h…

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geo broke the news in on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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